apostrophes

=Apostrophes=

// Lesson: Apostrophe-thon (Anderson 113-115) // This lesson on apostrophes uses a text and identifies how apostrophes are used wither as possessives(showing ownership) or contractions ("squished words". This is modeled for the students so that they can imitate and learn. The lesson also calls for students to create an apostrophe wall chart separating apostrophe usage into 4 categories: possessives, contractions, possessive pronouns that need apostrophes to show possession, and possessive pronouns that do not need apostrophes to show possession.
 * Possessive Apostrophe Error **

Activity: Students search for examples of apostrophes in their own writing and then look for apostrophes in professional writing. Suggested Text: Paul Fleischman's //Whirligig// (p 3-7). Teacher says: "We're going to go hunting for words that show possession or contraction". Students highlight all of the words that do this (whether or not they contain an apostrophe).

This lesson was taken from Section 3 of Jeff Anderson's //Mechanically Inclined (pages 113--115).//

Online Resources
Oxford Dictionaries. (2013). //Apostrophe.// Retrieved from []

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL). (2013). //The Apostrophe.// Retrieved from []

Straus, J. (2013). // Commas //. Retrieved from []

Reference List
Anderson, J. (2005). Mechanically // Inclined. // Portland, ME: Stenhouse.